By law, the Ministry of Health issues a certificate of practice for the nutrition-dietetics profession.
On July 30, 2008, Medical Professions Regulation Act 5768-2008 (hereinafter the “Medical Professions Law”), was published in the in the government gazette. The law took effect on January 30, 2009. The prohibitions listed in the law took effect on February 1, 2011.
The validity of all the interim directives listed in the Medical Professions Regulation Act which refer to the nutrition-dietetics profession has expired.
By law, applicants for the certificate are required to be appropriately educated and trained (holders of a Bachelor’s degree as a minimum), and they must pass a government examination in this profession.
